χείλι
Appearance
Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- αχείλι n (acheíli) (vernacular)
- χεῖλο n (kheîlo) (dated vernacular, in poetry)[1]
- χείλος n (cheílos, “lip; labia”) (formal; medicine)
Etymology
[edit]From the plural χείλη (cheíli) of χείλος (cheílos) with a suffix -α > χείλια (cheília) in analogy to plurals such as στήθη (stíthi) ~ στήθια (stíthia, “breasts”).[2]
Or from a medieval Byzantine Greek χείλιν (kheílin) / ἀχείλιν (akheílin) with resyllabizing the phrase ἔν ἀχείλιν (én akheílin, “a lip”) to ἔνα χείλιν (éna kheílin), from a diminutive of Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos)[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]χείλι • (cheíli) n (plural χείλια) and second plural: τα χείλη from χείλος
- less formal form of χείλος (cheílos) lip (of the mouth. Usually in plural)
- Βάφω τα χείλια μου με κόκκινο κραγιόν.
- Váfo ta cheília mou me kókkino kragión.
- I put red lipstick on my lips.
Declension
[edit]With plural: χείλια
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | χείλι (cheíli) | χείλια (cheília) |
genitive | χειλιού (cheilioú) | χειλιών (cheilión) |
accusative | χείλι (cheíli) | χείλια (cheília) |
vocative | χείλι (cheíli) | χείλια (cheília) |
Derived terms
[edit]Expressions:
- γελάει το χείλι μου (geláei to cheíli mou, “(literally: my lip smiles) I am happy”)
- and see expressions with χείλος, with χείλη
Related terms
[edit]- see atχείλος
References
[edit]- ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (21964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia 2nd edition in 15 vols. [1st edition 1930-1950 in 9 volumes] (abbreviations - of authors)
- ^ χείλι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- ^ χείλι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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